Non-refillable receptacle.



S. D. JAOOBSON. NON-REFILLABLE RBGBPTAOLE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19. 1913.

1,099,502, Patented June 9, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIDNEY 1). JACOBSON, 01 NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-BEFILLABLE- RECE-P'IACLE.

Application filed June 19, 1913.

1 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY D. Jnconson, citizen of the United States. and resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Non- Itefillable Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is a bottle or other receptacle that may be filled once but not filled again without noticeable injury thereto.

Non-refillable bottles heretofore have had many objectionable features. If they are emptied partially they cannot be turned up again without leaving a certain cmantity of liquid within the mechanism. This in time is apt to become offensive or dirty or unwholesome and contaminate the contents next poured out. No locking device has ever been employed to prevent this trouble.

One of the objects of my invention is to overcome these defects, and provide a nonrefillable bottle in which the mechanism can be completely emptied and cleaned.

Tn the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the cap of the receptacle. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the means to prevent the refilling of the receptacle. l ig. 3:3 shows the locking ring. Fig. 4 shows a detail in section.

My receptacle 1 may have a neck 2 covered on top with a crimped cap 3 or other cover or stopper. Within the neck 2 is located a cylinder or container of thin sheet metal drawn or spun. into the shape shown. It rests upon the shoulder l, and its upper end is spun into the flared portion 5 adapted to snugly lit the bottle. To securely hold the cylinder within the neck 2 an expansion split ring (3 is employed, shown in Figs. 2 and 4. This ring isadapted to engage the shoulder 7 of the neck, and the ridge 8 of the cylinder. Being split it is adapted to be pushed into place when the cylinder is inserted in the neck, the ring collapsing against the outer wall of the cylinder as it is pushed down by the shoulder 9 of the cylinder and engages the beveled upper edge of the shoul der 7. After the ring passes the shoulder 7 it expands and interlocks the neck and cylinder as stated. The cylinder is provided with grooves upon its interior adapted to fit over the edges of the baffles 10 and 11 which may be forced into place, or the cylinder may be split so that it will open and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J nne t lfilat.

Serial No. 774,660.

easily receive them. The ridges upon the outside of the cylinder are preferably incidental to these grooves, and provide the shoulders 8 and 9. Upon the lower battle 11 is fastened a spring 12 adapted to hold the valve 13 normally closed against the seat 141-. It may be locked in this position so that the receptacle may be inverted without loss of liquid by turning the screw 15 journaled in the baffle 10. The screw is in threaded engagement with the plunger 16 which is slidably guided in the baffle 11, and held by the pin 17 from turning, the pin traveling in the slot 18 in the outer surface of the plunger as shown in Fig. l. When the screw isturned the plunger travels upward or downward, and in the latter direction may be caused to travel far enough to abut against the valve 13 and hold it securely closed. The screw 15 is kept from movement in the direction of its axis by means of the pins 20 above and below the battle l0.

lVithin the receptacle is loosely located a rod preferably of glass, 21, which has two functions. Its weight about equals the force of the spring 12, preferably, so that when any liquid remains in the receptacle the liquid and the rod together overbalance the spring. This permits the liquid to flow. The other function of the rod is forcing open the valve in case it sticks. This is accomplished by inverting the receptacle and shaking it up and down to cause the rod to come into collision with the valve and by means of the momentum of the rod force open the valve. The end of the rod is so shaped as not to engage any other portion of the neck of the bottle but the valve.

My invention may employ the rod without the spring balancing feature, since the rod may be heavy when desired.

The baffles 10 and 11 are provided with holes 22 inclined at different angles, to permit the passage of liquid, and prevent the passage of wires or instruments to tamper with the valve. A hollow rod is preferably used to provide a conduit for air to tl e surface of the liquid when the receptacle is inverted.

A receptacle like the foregoing is susceptible of being refilled by vaporizing liquid therein by means of heat or a partial vacuum, plunging into a body of non-genuine liquid and then cooling. To overcome this difliculty, I stamp or inscribe upon some portion of the mechanism covered by transparent glass the inscription Not genuine and conceal the word Not by means of some material that is caused to uncover the work under the influence of the heat or vacuum. A mixture of paraflin and Vaseline sufiiciently thick will accomplish my object. Any other suitable substance will answer. The inscription 23 is stamped upon the outside of the cylinder, and the word Not covered as indicated at 24.

Many variations of the details of my invention may be made.

I claim the following combinations:

1. In a non-refillable receptacle, a spring valve and an opening hollow rod of such length as always to be within an acute angle with relation to the axis of the valve within said receptacle adapted to be thrown against said valve.

2. In a non-refillable receptacle, a spring valve, and opening rod within said receptacle, and an air passage through said rod to provide a free passage of air to the surface of the liquid when said receptacle is inverted.

3. In a non-refillable receptacle, means to prevent the refilling of the same at normal temperatures, and additional means to brand the contents of the same as not genuine actuated by a vaporizing temperature such as will vaporize the contents of the receptacle.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York.

SIDNEY D. JACOBSON.

Vitnesses:

MYRON F. HILL, BASIL V. SZAB.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,099,502, granted June 9, 1914,

upon the application of Sidney D. Jacobson, of New York, N. Y., for an improvement in Non-Refillable Receptacles, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 4:, for the Word Work read word; and that the said Letters Patent should he read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 30th day of June, A. D., 1914.

[SEAL] R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

